Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
God did not just leave it there. God honored Hannah for honoring her pledge to Him. He blessed her with 3 more sons and 2 more daughters. From nothing to six children. That is more than she could have asked or imagined. What is more, because of Hannah and what she did, her name goes down in history…
After giving her precious son over to God, Hannah starts rejoicing. 1 Samuel 2:1 Then Hannah prayed: ‘My heart rejoices in the LORD! The LORD has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.’ It is so important to remember to be thankful and to live…
Just as the Lord remembered Hannah, He will remember you in your situation. Scripture says, “…and the Lord remembered her.” (1 Samuel 1:19) This is one of the most comforting phrases. It tells us something about God’s character. Not long after this Hannah became pregnant and she had a son and called him Samuel which means ‘God…
When desperate circumstances and desperate people come into alignment, something happens. We can have desperate circumstances and not be desperate ourselves, and things don’t seem to change. We can be desperate but our circumstances are not desperate, and things don’t seem to change. But when we have desperate circumstances and corresponding desperate people, things change. I knew…
SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 2:11 But then something seems to change. It seemed like Elkanah and his family made regular trips to the temple. But on this particular trip, Hannah reaches a level where she becomes desperate. No longer does she care who sees her or what she looks like. Her desperate…
SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 2:11 Hannah was a married woman who had no children and was unable to have children. She was married to a man by the name of Elkanah and she was one of two wives. The other wife seemed to be very fruitful and had several children. Hannah had none. In…
The story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel remains one of the most remarkable stories in the Bible. How a barren woman could call on God and in the process one of the greatest characters in the Old Testament is born. Samuel grew up to become the last of Israel’s judges, he became Israel first…